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20 July 2016

'Faster horses': Blockchain to combat trade fraud

Speakers at a blockchain conference at Barclays’ fintech innovation hub, Rise, in East London, emphasised the technology’s potential for replacing paper documents and...

18 July 2016

FintechWeek ‘16: London “undisputably the fintech capital of the world”

Over the coming days, FintechWeek teases out the new challenges facing the fintech industry as anxieties over London’s role as a financial centre take shape.

15 July 2016

Mobile fintech opens African SMEs to international trade

Fintech, via mobile platforms, is the best way to ensure liquidity for African SMEs struggling in a climate of worldwide withdrawal from risky markets and small-scale...

15 July 2016

Coface's increased loss ratios 'credit negative'

French credit risk insurer Coface has warned that increased losses from Latin America and Asia for 2015 could cut into 2016 annual profits.

11 July 2016

Banks' regulatory burden "never been heavier" - Deutsche's John MacNamara

On the sidelines of our Natural Resources and Commodities Finance conference in Amsterdam, we caught up with Deutsche Bank's global head of structured commodity trade...

08 July 2016

Trafigura exits Swiss traders' association over transparency

Trafigura’s exit from the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association demonstrates the effect of past mistakes on its current transparency agenda, and the different priorities...

07 July 2016

One Belt, One Road, many projects

China’s One Belt, One Road initiative spans continents and oceans, and is set to become the largest regional trade network in the world. Financial institutions in China...

06 July 2016

PhosAgro’s debut PXF a ‘benchmark transaction’ for future eurobond

Russian fertiliser producer PhosAgro’s debut PXF is testing market appetite ahead of a planned Eurodollar bond issuance, as Russian exporters benefit from a weak rouble...

05 July 2016

Trade finance 'an easy business for banks to exit'

Trade finance is being increasingly neglected as banks refocus on core markets and slash costs in the face of mounting risks and regulatory pressures. It’s an area of...

29 June 2016

South Africa’s downgrade to junk ‘almost inevitable’

Africa’s second largest and most sophisticated economy risks a heavy blow to its ability to attract financing if, as experts widely predict, its credit rating is...

28 June 2016

Cargill and Bunge go against the tide on sustainable palm oil

Cargill and Bunge stood out as the only traders not to cut ties with Malaysian palm oil producer IOI after its sustainability certificate was suspended, throwing up...

22 June 2016

Fraud on the rise in 'frothy' markets

A trade finance fraud expert says despite efforts to combat it, fraud is on the increase due to volatile commodity markets increasing the opportunities to skim profits.

21 June 2016

Separating noise from reality in supply chain finance: Tom Dunn, Orbian chairman

On the sidelines of TXF's Trade, Treasury and Fintech conference in London, we caught up with Tom Dunn, chairman of Orbian, getting his perspective on the biggest...

20 June 2016

Creativity on the rise in supply chain finance, says DHL CFO

Fabio Manca, chief financial officer of DHL, gives an exclusive interview to TXF at our London conference, discussing the evolving supply chain finance landscape.

17 June 2016

Trading more than insults: how would Brexit impact trade finance?

All the British EU referendum seems to have been good for so far is trading insults - as emotions run high in the last few days before the historic 23 June vote, and...

16 June 2016

Factoring reaches record high

Factoring volumes are growing as supply chain finance offers low-risk financing in highly risk-averse trade finance markets, new figures from a factoring consortium show,...

14 June 2016

Industry superheroes rewarded at TXF Amsterdam and Rome

The industry had its say about the best institutions and players in commodity and export & agency finance for our annual Best in Class awards. The winners in each...

13 June 2016

China Exim continues to woo Ethiopia with $500m industrial park loan

China Eximbank is advancing a $500 million loan to Ethiopia towards the construction of an industrial park in Adama, in the latest rapprochement between the two...

10 June 2016

Export financiers look to Africa and Middle East for new opportunities in slowing market

The export and project finance community has its say on the biggest issues in their market in our audience survey at TXF's Export, Agency and Project Finance conference...

09 June 2016

Glencore signs $7.7bn loan and sheds agri assets

The commodities trading powerhouse today confirmed the sale of just under 10% of its Glencore Agri business, continuing divestment in the context of ambitious debt...